Who says football should be end-to-end, 100 mph, winner takes all displays? Surely that is the remit of basketball! Football is a lot more subtle, requiring a fine balance of attacking prowess and defensive stability. Less goals does not always equate to less interesting.
Formations, formations, formations. Why the hell do the media bleat on about the 4-5-1 problem, like it is a disease infesting the game? This isn't a new style of football - many teams have been playing with lone strikers for years without finger-pointing journalists blaming them for the death of the sport.
Liverpool's failure to score more than three goals in their first five Premiership games has less to do with negative tactics and more to do with the need for a top class striker - something I'm sure Rafa Benitez will be looking to put right in January.
The goalless draw with Manchester United has been singled out as a dull encounter, but it was a stalemate clash with two sides failing to take their chances. Why should the game be played like a cup tie?
Elsewhere in the Premiership there is a lot of positives to take from the game. Wigan and West Ham have surprised many after gaining promotion from the Championship.
Charlton are keeping up with the big boys for now, while Everton have finally met their match and are languishing at the bottom of the table with David Moyes looking a lot less smug than he was when they qualified for the Champions League. Surely that is cause for celebration!